- Collection:
- African American Odyssey
- Title:
- "Why should we march?" March on Washington fliers
- Creator:
- March on Washington Movement
- Date of Original:
- 1941
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights--United States
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers--United States
African American civil rights workers - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- fliers (printed matter)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This flier, featuring an image of a large group of African Americans at a rally, outlines the goals and accomplishments of the March on Washington Movement. The flier also solicits membership to the Movement. The March on Washington Movement's ultimate goal, as asserted in the flier, is "to win full benefits of democracy for the Negro people."
Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_afamodyssey_0808001v
- Digital Object URL:
- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/mss/mssmisc/ody/ody0808/0808001v.jpg
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- A. Philip Randolph Papers. Library of Congress. Manuscripts Division, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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"Why should we march?" March on Washington fliers
